Archbishop Coakley opened the public sessions with his first address as USCCB president, having been elected during the conference’s annual fall meeting in November 2025.
Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo XIV honors Antoni Gaudí and blesses the Sagrada Familia’s final tower
This high moment of the pope’s visit took place in Barcelona, in the presence of the monarchs of this majority Catholic country.
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Pope Leo visits famed Spanish monastery, entrusting his ministry to the Virgin of Montserrat
On the fourth day of his visit to Spain, Pope Leo travelled to the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat. It was the beginning of a very spiritual day for the missionary pope.
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Pope Leo tackles depression, domestic violence and the ‘cult of self-image’ in dialogue with young people
At a prayer vigil with 40,000 young people in Barcelona’s Olympic stadium, Pope Leo engaged in a dialogue with three young people.
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Pope Leo blesses 21 ambulances that an Argentine nun is taking to Ukraine
Before he entered the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona to greet 40,000 young people this evening, Pope Leo got out of his car to greet the dynamic Lucía Caram, O.P., an Argentine nun living in Spain, and bless the 21 ambulances, one pickup truck and nine other vehicles that she and her team have collected to be taken to war-torn Ukraine.
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Orwell, Asimov and predicting the future of A.I.
Writers like George Orwell and Isaac Asimov—and Pope Leo—remind us that we should never let technology take away our human dignity.
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Pope Leo meets Bad Bunny in Madrid
Pope Leo XIV and Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny met privately on Monday at the Bernabéu stadium in Madrid, where 80,000 Catholics from Spanish dioceses had gathered to see the pope.
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Did Pope Leo actually reject just war theory? Unpacking what ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ said about the doctrine
‘Magnifica Humanitas’ asks: Is just war theory still relevant?
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Pope Leo meets with 6 clergy abuse survivors in Spain
“During the conversation, which lasted nearly an hour, each person present shared their own painful personal experiences and offered the pope suggestions on how to make the Church’s response to such tragic cases more effective.”
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Pope Leo defends the unborn and migrants in historic speech to Spanish parliament
Leo XIV, the first pope to address the Spanish parliament, received a seven-minute standing ovation.